I challenge you to swim in the near-arctic waters of the Orkney Islands! Also it’s probably cheaper to fly a couple of people there and back every day than build and maintain a bridge. So few people will use it that it’s hardly worth it! A boat would work but you know… Maybe it’s too slow and people need that 2 minute journey time, though I wonder if they have to arrive two hours early to check in!
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Here’s a revive to this topic…
What is the oldest airport in the world?
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College Park Airport, Maryland, US
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Yep, sure is
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Your turn to ask a question
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Nobody told me if I was right.
@pderuiter, the air pressure and the dryness of air planes (10% dryer than most deserts)
reduces your sense of saltiness and sweetness. Also, the dry and not fresh air bin the cabin reduces our sense of smell, which is very important for tasting (80% of taste is from smell!)
Was I right @pderuiter?
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yes you were, sorry, been kinda busy 
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I know it’s. it my turn but what is the United States 2nd busiest airport
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Chicago O’ Hare?
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Nope try again
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Los Angeles (LAX)?
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Bingo good job
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My turn! What were the ORIGINAL names of the 3 NYC airports? It is a tough one don’t expect a lot of you to know.
Edit: If you want an easier question, I have plenty.
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I know they’re labeled as Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, and JFK.
I want to say Newark was Newark Metropolitan Airport, JFK was like Major General Alexander Anderson Airport or something along those lines, and wasn’t LaGuardia like Glenn Curtis Airport or something like that?
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Google or brain??
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You can google it if you want, Newark was correct, LaGuardia was so close it counts as correct, but JFK was completely wrong
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NOTE: I meant the original name when they started building the airport. The name when it was first opened was New York International Airport
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JFK was Idlewild. Since the others have been found already.
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Correct! Since both @Nace888 and @alpha have given answers, they each can ask a question.
Edit: I looked online and saw that during construction, they made the name of the project the answer nace888 gave. But they changed it again and at the time of the first commercial flight, it was New York International Airport (still widely known as Idlewind)
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I recalled Newark and LaGuardia, but had to look up JFK. I’ll have a question tonight (since I’m at work) so @alpha can carry on for now.
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